Xiaomi stories
Apple's share of the market continues to grow along with Chinese competitors Xiaomi and Huawei. Fitbit still in decline.
While Google and Amazon still lead the way, it seems the smart speaker market is no exception to the steady rise of Chinese tech.
Global smartphone sales return to growth with Xiaomi grabbing up sales to hit over 100% year over year improvement.
Canalys says wearable band shipments grew 35 percent from the year before with a two horse race at the front & fierce competition behind.
During Q1 2018 we got a new leader on top of smartphone shipments, one vendor experiencing triple digit growth, and a huge decline in China.
The worldwide wearables market continued its upward trajectory in the final quarter of 2017 with full year shipment volumes reaching new records.
An IDC report has shown that Samsung's smartphone shipments took a dive in Q4, letting Apple take the top spot but only for that quarter.
Global smartphone sales grew by 3% in Q3 2017, with top vendors posting strong gains. Samsung led with 19.3% growth, while Xiaomi soared with an 80% rise.
Smartphone vendors may be launching their high-end flagships in abundance, but it's more affordable models that will drive the market.
India's smartphone market has recovered from a shaky Q2 2017 to surge in growth with the five major vendors being the drivers - Xiaomi in particular.
The findings come from market research company Counterpoint in its recently released Market Pulse report for July 2017.
Apple has fallen to third place in the market, overtaken by both Xiaomi and Fitbit - despite the latter experiencing a 34% year-on-year decline.
New research from IDC has revealed the smartphone market declined slightly in the second quarter of 2017 – but this is expected to soon change.
The worldwide wearables market continued its rapid rise in the first quarter of 2017 (1Q17) with multiple companies experiencing triple digit growth.
Xiaomi pledges 20,000 new Indian jobs, expanding its foothold in a key market amid impressive online sales success.
Wearables market sees 3.1% growth in Q3, with fitness trackers leading the way, accounting for 85% of the market.
There is ongoing portfolio consolidation as local players change their product strategies, emphasising 4G-enabled models that are becoming mainstream.
With the million and one wearables out there, why does the Mi Band 2 make so much sense, one that I'm happy to say is my smartwatch of choice?.
From a packed Beijing event reminiscent of an Apple release, Xiaomi today released their new phone, and showed off their concept.
With dodgy software and designs created by 3 year olds, Chinese Smartphones have consistently been cheap toys. Xiaomi are changing that.
